China News Agency, Moscow, February 27 (Reporter Tian Bing) Russian President Vladimir Putin issued an order when he met with Russian Defense Minister Shoigu, Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and First Deputy Defense Minister Gerasimov on the 27th, in response to Western The highly aggressive remarks of senior officials put Russia's strategic deterrent forces into a state of special combat readiness.
Putin said that not only did Western countries take unfriendly actions against Russia in the economic field, "I mean the well-known illegal sanctions", but senior officials of major NATO countries also made extremely aggressive remarks against Russia.
"Therefore, I order the Minister of Defense and the Chief of General Staff to transfer the Russian strategic deterrent forces to a state of special combat readiness."
On February 26, local time, according to the Ukrainian soldiers present, Ukrainian troops fought with a Russian raid team in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.
The picture shows Ukrainian soldiers collecting unexploded artillery shells after the exchange of fire.
The TASS news agency reported that the meeting took place in the context of Russia's special military operation against Ukraine.
"Strategic deterrence forces are designed to deter aggression against the Russian Federation and its allies, as well as defeat aggressors in war using a variety of weapons, including nuclear weapons."
Putin said in a televised speech on the morning of the 24th that he had decided to launch a special military operation in the Donbas region.
The United States and the West immediately announced a series of intensive sanctions on Russia.
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